Cutting-nippers



G. E'. WRITING. CUTTING NIPPBRS.

Patented Jan. 15,Y 1895.

rra raras PATENT OFFICE.,

GEORGE F. WHITING, OF CAMBRIDGE, ASSIGNOR TO FRED E. WHITING, OF

AUBURNDALE, MASSACHUSETTS.

CUTTING-NIIPPERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 532,509, datedrJanuary 15, 1895. Application tiled July 18, l.- 8 94. Serial No. 517,910. (No modell) To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. WHITING, of Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cutting- Iflippers, of which the following is a specificaion.

This invention has for its object to provide a pair of cutting nippers having adjustable blades which are adapted to be iirmly held in any position-to which they may be adjusted, and a stop device to limit the closing movement of :the blades in accordance with their adjustment and prevent the blades from closing injuriously upon each other.

To these ends, the invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to V describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l represents a perspective view of a pair of cutting nip` Vpers provided with my improvements. Fig.

dle, and a shorter arm. The Outer ends otl the shorter arms are provided with serrations c constituting serrated seats for the cutting blades ol d. Said blades have serrations d d On their inner sides, formed to tit the Serrations c, each serration c being preferably formed withits inner side vertical and its outerside inclined, as shown, this form being best adapted to support the blades against the pressure exerted on them in cutting. Each blade has a longitudinal slot d2 receiving aset-screw e, said screws entering tapped sockets e in the shorter arms ot the levers a, a.

It will be seen that the slots and set-screws enable the blades tO be adjusted longitudinally on the arms, while the serrations and set-screws co-operate in securely holding the blades at any position to which they may be adjusted.

f represents an eccentric disk, which is secured by a screw f to the longer arm of one kof the levers in position to bear on the other lever and constitute a stop to-limit the closing movement of the blades and prevent their cutting edges from abutting injuriously against each other. By turning the disk fon the screw f the stop may be adjusted to suit any adjustment of the blades, the screw holding the stop at any position to which it may be adjusted.

The diskf and screwf are locatedat one side of the arm 'which supports them, so that the disk may be turned or adjusted and secured in its adj usted position while the blades are closed. In other words, the blades may be adjusted as to -the approachof their cutting edges toward each other by turning the disk when the screw is loosened, and the disk may then be secured while the blades are in their closed position, so that there will be no uncertainty as to the adjustment of the disk.

I claim- The improved cutting nippers hereinbefore described, the same comprising the pivotally connected levers a a each Vcomposed of a longer arm or handle and a shorter arm having serrations on its outer end, the cutting blades having serrations on their inner sides tting the serrations of the arms, means for detachably securing the blades to the serrated arms, and an eccentric disk located on one of the longer arms and arranged to bear against the othenlonger arm, and a screw which adj ustably secures the disk to the arm name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses, this 14th day of July, A. D. 1894:.

GEORGEY F. WHITING.

Witnesses:

C. F. BROWN, A. I). HARRISON. 

